Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 5.1.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र णु त्यं विप्र॑मध्व॒रेषु॑ सा॒धुम॒ग्निं होता॑रमीळते॒ नमो॑भिः । आ यस्त॒तान॒ रोद॑सी ऋ॒तेन॒ नित्यं॑ मृजन्ति वा॒जिनं॑ घृ॒तेन॑ ॥
प्र णु त्यं विप्रमध्वरेषु साधुमग्निं होतारमीळते नमोभिः । आ यस्ततान रोदसी ऋतेन नित्यं मृजन्ति वाजिनं घृतेन ॥
pra ṇu tyaṃ vipram adhvareṣu sādhum agniṃ hotāram īḻate namobhiḥ | ā yas tatāna rodasī ṛtena nityam mṛjanti vājinaṃ ghṛtena ||
English translation:
“They glorify at present withhymns that Agni who is intelligent, the fulfiller (of desires) at sacrifices, the offer of oblations, who has charged heaven and earth with water, and whom they always worship with clarified butter as the bestower of food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): buddhagaviṣṭharāvātreyī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । नु । त्यम् । विप्र॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒रेषु॑ । सा॒धुम् । अ॒ग्निम् । होता॑रम् । ई॒ळते॑ । नमः॑ऽभिः । आ । यः । त॒तान॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । ऋ॒तेन॑ । नित्य॑म् । मृ॒ज॒न्ति॒ । वा॒जिन॑म् । घृ॒तेन॑ ॥
प्र । नु । त्यम् । विप्रम् । अध्वरेषु । साधुम् । अग्निम् । होतारम् । ईळते । नमःभिः । आ । यः । ततान । रोदसी इति । ऋतेन । नित्यम् । मृजन्ति । वाजिनम् । घृतेन ॥
pra | nu | tyam | vipram | adhvareṣu | sādhum | agnim | hotāram | īḷate | namaḥ-bhi ḥ | ā | yaḥ | tatāna | rodasī iti | ṛtena | nityam | mṛjanti | vājinam | ghṛtena
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.1.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“that.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“good; good; correct; correct; sādhu [word]; excellent; efficient.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“praise; invite; raise.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“purify; polish; rub; remove.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“ghee; fat.”